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The Independent Theater Bloggers Association is proud to announce the 2011 recipients of the 3rd Annual Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Awards. Patrick, one of our founding members and awards director, passed away suddenly last June and was one of the most beloved members of the blogosphere. The ITBA has chosen to rechristen the award in his memory.
Much gratitude to Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff and Jeff Bowen for announcing the winners. Their new show Now. Here. This. is going to premiere at the Vineyard in June, as part of the Development Lab series.
And the winners are:
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Jerusalem
OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICAL REVIVAL
Anything Goes
OUTSTANDING BROADWAY PLAY REVIVAL
The Normal Heart
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Kid
OUTSTANDING OFF-BROADWAY REVIVAL (PLAY OR MUSICAL)
Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches
OUTSTANDING SOLO SHOW/PERFORMANCE (ALL VENUES)
Michael Shannon, Mistakes Were Made
CITATIONS FOR OUTSTANDING OFF-OFF BROADWAY SHOW
Feeder: A Love Story
Invasion!
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Belarus Free Theater’s Discover Love
Black Watch
Rewrite
UNIQUE OFF-OFF BROADWAY EXPERIENCE
Sleep No More
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
The Scottsboro Boys
CITATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN OFF-OFF BROADWAY THEATRE
La Mama
CITATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE BY INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS
Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday
Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Reed Birney, A Small Fire
Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher
Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can
Bobby Cannavale, The Motherfucker with the Hat
Colman Domingo, The Scottsboro Boys
Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon
Hamish Linklater, School for Lies
Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart
Arian Moayed, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Lily Rabe, The Merchant of Venice
Mark Rylance, Jerusalem
Michael Shannon, Mistakes Were Made
Benjamin Walker, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson